Singapore legislation

Regulation 13

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Transporting Lower-risk Explosives — Class Licence) Order 2025

Regulation 13

Class licence for transporting own lower‑risk explosive

Every person who —

(a)

is —

(i)

a holder of an explosives licence authorising the holder to carry on a regulated activity involving a lower‑risk explosive that is not a specified lower‑risk explosive; or

(ii)

a class licensee who is authorised by a class licence under paragraph 4 or 5 of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Dealing in Certain Lower‑risk Explosives — Class Licence) Order 2025 to carry out a regulated activity involving a lower‑risk explosive that is not a specified lower‑risk explosive;

(b)

transports by road at any time any relevant consignment of lower‑risk explosives consisting of less than 3 metric tonnes of any lower‑risk explosive that is not a specified lower‑risk explosive —

(i)

for or in connection with any regulated activity mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a);

(ii)

by using a motorcycle or motor vehicle which —

(A)

is not a public passenger transport vehicle;

(B)

is not driven by an individual who is adversely affected by alcohol, a drug or an intoxicating substance; and

(C)

has on board only a driver and any other persons authorised by the person to act as the crew of the motor vehicle;

(iii)

in packaging that is and is labelled in conformity with 3.2 of the UNRTDG Volume I and 5.2.2 of the UNRTDG Volume II; and

(iv)

by travelling from a place to another place wholly within Singapore —

(A)

directly to its destination, taking the shortest route that does not involve travelling in a road tunnel;

(B)

as far as practicable without stopping en‑route; and

(C)

without unpacking or opening in any way any of the lower‑risk explosives comprised in the relevant consignment while it is being conveyed;

(c)

transports the relevant consignment of lower‑risk explosives mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b) always covered during the Singapore journey and in a way so that those explosives comprised in the relevant consignment cannot be seen from inside or outside the vehicle by any individual other than an individual involved in the packing, loading or unloading of those explosives; and

(d)

does not cause or allow any other dangerous goods to be carried on board the same motor vehicle used to transport the relevant consignment of lower‑risk explosives mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b) when transporting the relevant consignment unless the dangerous goods are compatible with those lower‑risk explosives according to the safety datasheet for those explosives,is subject to a class licence authorising the person to transport the relevant consignment of lower‑risk explosives that are not specified lower‑risk explosives.